Advisor, Corporate Audit

Job Purpose and Impact

The Advisor, Corporate Audit develops, plans and implements highly complex internal audit programs for high priority risks aligned with the organization's strategies, operating objectives and compliance requirements.As a recognized subject matte expert in Corporte Audit and Lead Auditor, this role performs and reviews highly complex global audit activities, assesses and communicates risk, guides other members of the team in performing audit procedures, develops and reviews executive level reporting and advises function and business partners globally. Additionally, this role serves as the main point of contact and liason for all audit engagement related matters with others within Corporate Audit and Cargill stakeholders.

Key Accountabilities

• AUDITS: Develops, plans and leads end to end audit processes and procedures across a variety of risk domains within the organization and drives audit engagement planning and prioritizing activities including opportunities for maximizing data and analytics.
• RISK MITIGATION: Leads and advises on the identification, assessment, communication and prioritization of relevant risks, applying principles of effective risk management.
• COMPLIANCE REVIEW: Reviews and verifies recommendations for improving efficiency and mitigating risks based on review of internal processes.
• INVESTIGATIONS: Leads investigations of alleged financial mismanagement, loss of assets or other irregularities and reviews audit related documentation and reports to maintain compliance with organization and regulatory standards.
• CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT: Leads and reviews data analytics, audit programs and external benchmarking to prioritize and evaluate audit procedures to be performed and recommends improvement options.
• REPORT DEVELOPMENT: Prepares clear, concise and well-documented audit reports outlining issues, risks and recommendations, communicates audit results to management and partners, providing insights and actionable recommendations and follows-up on audit issues to ensure that corrective actions are implemented and effective.
• ISSUE RESOLUTION: Leads the process of issue management such as root cause analysis, monitoring progress by engaging with partners and verifying the actions are implemented and effective.
• CONSULTATION: Advises and coaches audit teams and business leaders, including providing consultation to audit team members on planning and audit activities.
• STAKEHOLDER PARTNERSHIP: Works collaboratively with management and staff to obtain necessary information, supports audit activities and provides advisory services to management regarding the design and implementation of internal controls.
• SPECIAL PROJECTS: Owns and delivers the execution of at least one key strategic project or initiative for corporate audit.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• Minimum requirement of 6 years of relevant work experience. Typically reflects 10 years or more of relevant experience
• Fluency in English
• Ability to travel internationally up to 25% of the time, including periodic trips spanning two full working weeks

Preferred Qualifications

• Proven experience in internal or external audit
• Professional certifications in accounting or auditing (e.g. CPA, CIA)
• Proven experience in commodity risk management processes (e.g. position reporting, trading P&L forex exposure reporting, trade execution, derivative compliance, etc...)
• Fluency in Mandarin, Portuguese and/or Spanish
• Experience with SAP systems